Humanscale was discontinued 30 years ago. If you have the coin, you can get a full, used set off of ebay for $600-$1000. I know Kickstarter postings are not fully sanctioned here, but this one is well worth every bit of the $199 for the full set. 30 days and $110,000 until they hit their goal. While I am not a sponsor of this project, selfishly I urge you to sign up because I still regret not getting a set 30 years ago.

I would love to buy one, but spending $199 (well worth the value) does not = a purchase on kick-starter. i.e you pay $199. it is a investment - if something falls through you are not guaranteed a return. (no product - no refund) even if they have met their goal for funding.......

Thats true. I've only backed 1 project that failed, which happened to be a watch. Luckily I 'pre-ordered' through their website rather than actually backing on Kickstarter, which meant I got my purchase refunded.

I'll take the risk for a cheap set of these, my chances of failure can't be any worse than buying off Ebay

cwatkinson wrote:I would love to buy one, but spending $199 (well worth the value) does not = a purchase on kick-starter. i.e you pay $199. it is a investment - if something falls through you are not guaranteed a return. (no product - no refund) even if they have met their goal for funding.......

Yes. But it is IA Collective out of Chicago sponsoring the project. They are a reputable ID firm.

That said, anything can happen and I could be out $200. Not the end of the world and I would rather "gamble" on this current piece of unobtainium and delaying any purchase of electronic junk until I make up the loss. If I have to wait an extra month or two to buy the latest and greatest phone/headset/fitness tracker/or whatever crap, bfd.